Gershom Gorenberg

Gershom Gorenberg is an Israeli historian and journalist. His latest book is The Unmaking of Israel.

Moment
Jan. 2 2014 7:47 AMAnti-Social MediaWhy Twitter doesn’t make a one-state solution any more likely.Gershom Gorenberg
Foreigners
Nov. 8 2011 7:12 AMIsrael’s Old-Time ReligionHow government policies have caused the surge in ultra-Orthodox Judaism in Israel—and why it’s an economic disaster.Gershom Gorenberg
Foreigners
June 17 2009 6:02 PMBarack the ZionistWhy President Obama's approach to settlements is better for Israel than Benjamin Netanyahu's is.Gershom Gorenberg
Foreigners
Nov. 9 2011 6:59 AMHow to Save IsraelThe three steps that could rescue it from endless conflict and international ostracism.Gershom Gorenberg
Foreigners
Nov. 7 2011 6:41 AMThe Mystery of 1948Did Israel actually plan to expel most of its Arabs in 1948? Or not?Gershom Gorenberg
Assessment
July 21 2006 6:20 AMEhud OlmertIsrael's prime minister had one epiphany. He needs another.Gershom Gorenberg
  News & Politics
Propublica
Feb. 1 2015 4:47 PM Why Is China Buying Up Our Farmland? #Muckreads:  A weekly roundup of investigative reporting from ProPublica. Terry Parris Jr.
The Week’s Best News Photos
How Public Apathy Has Helped Pave the Way for Criminal Justice Reform
Forget the Rich. It’s the Upper Middle Class That Is Ruining America.
Why Indiana’s Tough Medicaid Bargain May Be the Only Way to Insure the Poor
Everybody in Uganda Is Kung Fu Fighting
Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate staff writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.
  Business
Moneybox
Jan. 30 2015 7:07 PM See the Super Bowl Ads—Before the Super Bowl Alison Griswold
Investors Are Stuffing Their Faces With Greasy, Delicious Shake Shack Stock
Amazon Managed to Make Money. Everybody Is Shocked. (Seriously.)
Watch 48 Years of Classic Super Bowl Ads
“Financial Literacy” Is a Distraction From What We Really Need: Actual Consumer Protection
America’s Obsession With Healthy Food Is Driving Campbell’s Away From the Soup Business
The Best App for Gmail Is Made by ... Microsoft?
  Life
Quora
Feb. 1 2015 7:22 AM How Do Astronauts Log Their Flight Hours? Quora Contributor
Transparent Creator Jill Soloway Draws Fire for Joking About Bruce Jenner on Facebook
The Long and Fascinating History of Quotation Marks
This Fairy-Tale Stone Home Is Real
Where Have All the English Majors Gone?
Change the Height of This Slick Standing Desk by Holding Out Your Hand
The Papers Late-19th-Century Chinese Immigrants Had to Carry To Prove Their Legal Status
  Double X
The XX Factor
Jan. 30 2015 5:57 PM The Misguided Liberal Love for Megyn Kelly Amanda Marcotte
Money, Not Marital Status, Has the Most Impact on How Parents Raise Their Kids
UVA Sorority Sisters Banned From Frat Parties to Punish Them for Being Potential Rape Victims
The Ghostbusters Casting News Is Totally Exciting. The Reaction to the News Is Even Better.
Another Sign That Men’s Magazines Are Changing: Men’s Health Denounces “Pickup Artists”
When Career Expectations Are Just About Getting Enough Money to Eat
Watch the First Anti-Domestic Violence Super Bowl Commercial
  Slate Plus
Plus Roundups
Jan. 30 2015 11:44 AM What Happened at Slate This Week? Social media guru Lindsey Underwood highlights the most popular stories of the week, from the Patriots to Tom Petty. Lindsey Underwood
Slate Staff Pick the Best Songs From January
A Conversation With Patton Oswalt About Movies (Audio)
Every Episode From the First Half of Slate’s Season 5 Walking Dead Podcast 
Mark Joseph Stern Reads “American Liar,” His Piece on Chris Kyle’s Big Lie
  Arts
Brow Beat
Feb. 1 2015 7:39 PM Why Did Carnival Cruise Lines Use a JFK Speech in Their Super Bowl Ad? Some Context. Sharan Shetty
Sam Elliott on How He Became the Modern-Day Hollywood Embodiment of the Old West
Watch D’Angelo’s Stirring Performances of “Really Love” and “The Charade” on SNL
Tig Notaro on Being the “Luckiest Unlucky Person”
A Glimpse Into the Sketchbooks of Professional Photographers 
The Four Quadrant Technique That Makes Drive Such a Beautiful Movie
Watch Key & Peele’s Delightful Spoof of Richard Sherman and Marshawn Lynch
  Technology
Future Tense
Jan. 30 2015 5:04 PM Would You Feel Safer Doing a Craigslist Transaction in a Police Station Lobby? Lily Hay Newman
Putin’s Daughter Starts Moscow Tech Incubator, Has Killer Dance Moves
Verizon Could Rein In Its Creepy User-Tracking System With This Simple Fix
The Super Bowl Is Going to Be a “No Drone Zone”
Watching the Super Bowl Is Easier Than Ever for Cord-Cutters
The Race to Invent the Perfect Electric Car Battery: A Future Tense Book Event
Is Snapchat Really Confusing, or Am I Just Old?
  Health & Science
New Scientist
Feb. 1 2015 8:13 AM Why Do We Ignore Warnings About Earth’s Future? “What's dragging us down is religious faith.” Penny Sarchet
Illusion of Lights: Stunning Time-Lapse Animation (Video)
So, About That Huge Discovery Last Year About the Young Universe...
The Biology of a Half-Female, Half-Male Northern Cardinal, and Other Gynandromorphs
The Deflated-Football Circus Has Been Great for Science and Statistics
Why Did President Obama Talk to a Bunch of YouTubers? Because They’re the New Face of Media.
Crash Course Astronomy Episode 3: Cycles in the Sky
  Sports
Sports Nut
Feb. 1 2015 5:00 PM The Tweet Bowl What Twitter’s smartest culture and sports writers are saying about the Super Bowl. Jeremy Stahl and Chris Kirk
The Most Important Player on the New England Patriots Never Touches the Balls
New England’s Incredible Ball Security Is Not Impossible but Also Not Meaningless
What the Seahawks’ “Legion of Boom” Has in Common With the Last Patriots Championship Team
The Gayest and Straightest Super Bowl Halftime Shows: A Video Slide Show
How a Football Team Brought Me and My Father Together
A Message from a Pats Fan to All the Chafing, Crybaby Chumps Out There